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0 2 '7 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br />CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: Apri18, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # 3 . a <br />SUBJECT: PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN TO <br />INCORPORATE THE NORTHWEST SMALL AREA PLAN (JPA-3-98) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />- staff Analysis <br />- Map -Northwest Area Plan Study Area <br />- Map -Conceptual Land Use Plan <br />- Northwest Small Area Plan <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rob Wilson 968-2728 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on a proposal to amend the Joint Planning Area <br />(JPA) Land Use Plan to incorporate the Chapel Hill Northwest Small Area Plan <br />as accepted by the Chapel Hill Town Council on September 11, 1995. <br />BACKGROUND: In January, 1993, the Council initiated a small area planning process for the <br />northwestern portion of the Town's planning jurisdiction. The Northwest Small <br />Area Plan study area generally consists of the land south of Interstate 40, <br />including a portion of the land north of Weaver Dairy Road, the land west of <br />Airport Road (N.C. Highway 86), and the land north of the University of North <br />Carolina's Horace Williams tract and Homestead Road. The western boundary <br />of the area generally follows Rogers Road. A rail line bisects the study area. <br />The study area is also split into three drainage basins: New Hope Creek, Booker <br />Creek and Bolin Creek. <br />The Northwest Small Area Plan Work Group met regularly from May, 1993 to <br />December, 1994, and recommended the Northwest Small Area Plan to the <br />Council on December 20, 1994, as a proposed addition to the Town's <br />Comprehensive Plan. On September 11, 1995, the Town Council requested that <br />the Plan be considered at a Joint Planning Area Public Hearing. <br />Including approximately 1,680 acres, the Northwest study area presently <br />includes the Northwood, Parkside, Rainbow Heights, Billabong Lane and <br />